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A short police chase ended abruptly when several people jumped out of a stolen pickup truck and ran into a home in southwest Houston.

Police spotted the black Toyota Tundra about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 12800 block of Leader. The driver tried to elude police, leading officers on a chase through the neighborhood, Houston Police Department officials said.

Police said six to eight people abandoned the truck near a home in the 13000 block of Apple Glen. Officers then surrounded the home and called for HPD SWAT officers and negotiators.

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But they were not needed. Police said 11 people - including two juveniles - who were in the house came outside before SWAT officers arrived.

Officers are questioning them to determine if any were involved in the robbery or the chase.

Man with baby accused of taking $75 in electronics

Police say a Texas man accused of stealing $75 worth of electronics had his baby with him, but her stroller hit a building and she fell out as they fled.

College Station police say Tracy Allen of Bryan then grabbed his 6-month-old daughter by the arm and broke through a fence Tuesday night.

He was caught when the baby's mother waited in a car but snatched the girl and wouldn't let Allen into the vehicle.

Police say the baby was treated for minor injuries. A Wal-Mart employee also was slightly hurt trying to stop Allen, who was being held Wednesday on charges of child endangerment, theft and assault causing bodily injury.

Bond was $6,000. Jail records don't list an attorney for Allen, who allegedly dumped the electronics during the chase.

Slain serial killer suspect was cited for speeding

A serial killer suspected in the deaths of 10 or more women was cited for speeding in a Fort Worth suburb just two weeks before he was slain earlier this month in West Virginia by an escort, according to police.

Neal Falls, 45, of Springfield, Ore., received the speeding ticket in Benbrook, about 10 miles southwest of Fort Worth, around 8 a.m. on July 7 for going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to NBC News in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Two weeks later, on July 18, Falls confronted a prostitute with a gun and began strangling her after meeting her online in Charleston, W.Va., police said. She got hold of a rake and struck him with it, causing him to drop his gun. She picked up the gun, then shot and killed Falls, according to media reports.

Officers responded to the scene and found a "kill kit" in the trunk of his car, which included knives, axes, shovels, bleach, a bulletproof vest and several sets of handcuffs, according to NBC News. He also had a list of names in his pocket.

The woman won't be charged in the shooting, as it was deemed in self-defense.

5,000-plant pot operation busted in Smith County

Law enforcement in Smith County busted a 5,000-plant marijuana growing operations spread across three fields Tuesday, confiscating an estimated almost $2 million worth of the illicit crop.

It's apparently the first major grow-operation bust in East Texas since an action-packed summer in 2014, when eight marijuana farms were busted between April and September. That season, law enforcement in Polk County stumbled upon a record-breaking 100,200-plant farm about 70 miles north of Houston. In all, eight marijuana farms were busted between April and September.

The record was broken this year with a 109,000-plant bust in the Panhandle, valued at nearly $200 million. But in East Texas, where wooded cover and ample greenery make concealing farms easier, activity has been light. No major busts have been made in the region, apparently.

In Smith County, seated in Tyler, KLTV reports law enforcement approached the site and discovered a man watering marijuana plants. He escaped.